by Meryl Ann | Jul 10, 2022 | Quilts & Fiber Art, wearable art, Women Artists
This gorgeous Stomp Dance Skirt for Green Corn Ceremony was made in the 1960s by Peggy Jim Osceola (1932- ) an Independent Seminole who lives in Florida. This skirt is in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art collection. Stomp dances are the introductory...
by Meryl Ann | Jul 4, 2022 | MAB Art, Meryl Ann Butler, Quilts & Fiber Art
The 4th of July celebrates freedom and liberty, and the Statue of Liberty is one of my favorite goddess archetypes. Here is one of my pieces of fiber art, from the back of a vest:
by Meryl Ann | Jul 3, 2022 | Quilts & Fiber Art, Uncategorized
I visited Mark and Angie Setevdemio’s lovely gift shop and gallery in Ashburnham, MA, Creative Connections. The current art show features amazing needle felting by Lyn Slade. Needle felting is labor intensive, but also meditative and relaxing. The special...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 30, 2022 | Art History, British Artists, Media, Watercolor
Howard Carter (British, 1874-1939) was an artist who trained with his father as a young boy, however he is primarily known for discovering King Tut’s tomb. On his various trips to Egypt he created many watercolors documenting the antiquities. I was happy to see...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 28, 2022 | Art Projects, Digital art, Healing Arts & Etc
Even though I’m traveling, my 10-year-old granddaughter and I still had our regular weekly Zoom art lesson – one of the lovely aspects of technology! Lately we have been learning blending techniques with colored pencils, but Myla and I have also enjoyed...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 19, 2022 | Colored Pencil, MAB Art, Male artists, Meryl Ann Butler, Peter Max, Watercolor
“Maxxed Out on Love, Joy and Flowers: The Goddess is Afoot” was my entry into the annual “Fabulous Forgeries” exhibit at the Virginia Beach Art Center in January, 2022. (For that exhibition, entries may be copies of well known artworks, or simply...
